Wade Phillips is willing to stay as defensive coordinator

Summary of 4 articles · Updated Jan 2, 2014

“I think they felt was best for their football team, and I can deal with that,” Phillips said. “I don’t know what their feeling is, not knowing the guy,” Phillips said. Phillips told Dale Robertson of the Houston Chronicle he would like to remain as the t… (more)eam’s defensive coordinator. But after the Texans hired Bill O’Brien as head coach, the veteran coach said he’d be willing to stay on as defensive coordinator, but didn’t know if O’Brien was interested in that. His track record of success as a coordinator should guarantee he lands on his feet, in Houston or elsewhere. That mindset has led to three former New England assistants becoming disappointing head coaches in the NFL ; one who has become a disaster at Kansas after being exposed as a overhyped savior at Notre Dame ; and a former general manager who became better known for tormenting staffers than building a winning franchise with the Kansas City Chiefs .

Phillips Would Like To Stick As Texans Defensive Coordinator

Wade Phillips would have liked to become the Texans head coach but the team hired Bill O’Brien from Penn State. Phillips told Dale Robertson of the Houston Chronicle he would like to remain as the team’s defensive coordinator. “I don’t know what their f…